Iraq babbler

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Iraq babbler
Common Babbler (Turdoides caudatus) in Hodal, Haryana W IMG 6246.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Argya
Species:
A. altirostris
Binomial name
Argya altirostris
(Hartert, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Turdoides altirostris

The Iraq babbler (Argya altirostris) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae, native to reed beds of the Tigris-Euphrates Valley. It is found in Iraq, southwestern Iran, Syria, and southeastern Turkey.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Turdoides but following the publication of a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study in 2018, it was moved to the resurrected genus Argya . [2] [3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Argya altirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22716341A131973162. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22716341A131973162.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Cibois, A.; Gelang, M.; Alström, P.; Pasquet, E.; Fjeldså, J.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U. (2018). "Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy". Zoologica Scripta. 47 (4): 428–440. doi:10.1111/zsc.12296. S2CID   51883434.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Laughingthrushes and allies". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 January 2019.